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Funded in 8 Days... Let's keep it going! New Goal - $10K & 600 Backers to build a community

Walk [Your City] - The Facts

What? An open-sourced online resource for anyone to auto-magically create their own guerrilla wayfinding sign to export, print and install. (We hope to add community feedback/dialogue to the platform if there is strong enough support)

Why? Walk Raleigh, our initial guerrilla (unsanctioned & self initiated) wayfinding project, has resonated with so many people, both home and away (even the BBC came to town!), we had to make it accessible for more and more people. It has even been adopted as a pilot educational program in Raleigh, N.C. Wait, whats guerrilla or tactical urbanism anyways?

Why Open-sourced? We believe this should be a basic resource for any urban interventionist, municipality, citizen or organization passionate about making walking a safer, sociable and healthier way to get around the community.

How? By using existing digital resources and the newly released "google maps" walk tool, we will develop a simple point and click sign-making experience for even the most novice of computer-user. Anyone will be able to auto-magically download their own sign.

When you say City, you mean? We mean cities old and new, rural and urban. I grew up in a city of 13,000 people and now live in a city of 400,000 - funny enough, they are both dealing with very similar growth/development issues that focus on walkability around town.

Did we Ask for Permission?No, we asked for forgiveness, but we suggest you get in touch with the city. It should be noted that we did offer to take down the signs at any point for any reason. Because we used zip-ties to hang the signs, absolutely no damage was incurred to the city street poles.

**We will also offer non-city BLANK Tees with the WALK [YOUR CITY]™ print for anyone that does not want a cityfabric.net tee!

Get just the tee for $45 pledge

Get both the Tee & Journal for $60 pledge

Why Walking You Ask?

Because everyone is a pedestrian!

It is our belief that everyone should have the choice to be a pedestrian in their community. Walking is not scary, but in some cities and places it can seem that way. Beyond the obvious personal health benefits, with more and more pedestrians on the street, the healthier our places become socially, economically and environmentally.

But with the benefits of walking obvious, why aren't our city's sidewalks filled with people?

Well, one of the greatest obstacles to pedestrian friendly communities is actually public perception, and the visibility of walking as an alternative means of transportation. So, through this project, we'd like to kickstart the conversation and help anyone make signs to share how many minutes by foot it is to navigate their block, neighborhood or city...

Why Raleigh Is Our Testing Ground?

Raleigh, like many growing metropolitan areas, is dealing with more and more people moving to town. (Raleigh doubled in size from 1990-2010 census) When cities grow this fast, they deal with a lot more people living a lot closer together.

Walk Your City is about encouraging healthier communities in transitioning cities by simply changing the perception. The more people are on the sidewalks, the safer and pedestrian friendly our urban landscapes become

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge US$ 45 or more
About $45

All of the above and a "WALK YOUR CITY" Tee, printed on any of our 15 different CityFabric.net tees. Civic-minded to the max! (We will screen the words, Walk Your City in big bold yellow type on our current line of city tees-see below) (Please add $15 for Int'l Shipping)

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge US$ 750 or more
About $750

CIVIC ADOPTION /// A city wants to make their own network of signs & become a civic sponsor. Suggested starting pledge level if your city plans to make their own signs through our online template. (does not include printing) + a bunch of stickers!